Society

Lello Bookshop, in a joint initiative with Porto City Hall, will initiate a cycle of discussions on January 24, dedicated to rethinking the city, devising dialogues that include a call for ideas, grounded by economics, art and tourism.

Porto was first awarded Best European Destination in 2012. Porto was again honoured as best destination in Europe for a holiday or city-trip in 2014.

The Porto Book Fair 2017 will take place from 1 to 17 September 2017. This year, the Fair will honour Sophia de Mello Breyner, award-winning Portuguese poetess and writer. The announcement was made today by Rui Moreira, mayor of Porto, at a press conference held this morning, at the Galeria Municipal do Porto.

The second edition of the "Innovation in the transformation of the city" programme, which began last December, aims at providing mobility decision-makers and stakeholders with reflections and guidance on devising sustainable strategies regarding Porto urban metabolism.

Porto City Hall has activated a Cold Emergency Plan to deal with the very cold spell in the coming days. Porto City Hall has prepared additional monitoring of homelessness, from January 17 until January 22, providing transportation to former Hospital Joaquim Urbano, which will be open to host those who wish to shelter there.

Civil Protection recommends that the population take the necessary precautions to cope with the cold spell in Porto the coming days.

Welcome to Bombarda Art District, in Porto. After the indulgences of the festivities, take time to stroll around this now predominantly fashionable district of upmarket galleries, offering you an array of events and exhibitions.

Neither Barcelona, nor London. The first European edition of Tomorrow Comes Today (TCT), an international music conference, will happen in Porto.

It is an old aspiration of the people of the city of Porto, to see this landmark building restored and back in business. It will happen this year, thanks to the signing of a contract that enables the rehabilitation of the building and its cultural promotion and enlivening.

On January 21, from 3:30 pm to 7:00 pm, the Polo Zero will host the Oporto Business Club, an event jointly organised by the Porto Academic Federation and the Beautiful Branding Agency, with the institutional support of Porto City Hall.